AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoSemiconductors: Oregon’s FAST coalition (nearly 100 partners led by OSU) just won an NSF Regional Innovation Engine award, bringing $15M over two years and up to $160M over a decade to strengthen the state’s “Silicon Forest.” Data privacy enforcement: Oregon AG Dan Rayfield joined a multistate settlement with 23andMe’s bankruptcy trustee over the 2023 genetic data breach; states’ recovery is capped at $18M, with Oregon set to receive about $576,707, plus a $46.75M consumer class-action deal. Urban climate planning: A new free tool called Tree Value Visions is designed to help cities and communities plan tree planting in a more inclusive way, tying shade and biodiversity benefits to local priorities. Wildlife & water: A Deschutes Land Trust monarch butterfly naming contest will connect kids’ names to tagged butterflies for migration tracking. Energy storage: ESS Tech launched a 1.2-MWh modular sodium-ion “building-block” battery system aimed at utilities, commercial users, and data centers. Tech policy ripple: New York moved to pause new large hyperscale data centers statewide for up to a year while it builds a regulatory framework.
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